I went to Stratford Center to train today with some members
of my crew, and a new crew that I busk with. When we arrived, we were greeted
by our arch nemesis crew, Gully Squad *Queue Lightning*. Actually these kids
are the coolest, they are like 5x our level, and always down to give us advice
and just crack jokes with. So I was given the task to train up a girl, she was
brand new, fresh out of the box. She wanted to learn to break, so we began. For
those of you who feel like learning breaking is easy, here’s a random
disclaimer…
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Now let’s begin…
So many questions she had, but she was so enthusiastic, it made me remember the
time I had just begun. So hungry to prove myself to the community, and learn
some badass techniques. The joke thing was that after just a few months, I had
enough to impress non bboys. If I look back at myself now, I just think “What
was I thinking?” But nevertheless the general public would eat this ish up.
Sort of like when you hear a pop song on the radio and think, who the hell is
buying this trash.
Anyways, the girl I was teaching pointed at Gully Squad, and
asked “How long until I am that level?” now if you type Gully Squad Bboy into
Youtube, you will see them for yourself. Ok I am just gonna assume that you
checked them, but if you didn’t imagine David Blaine meets a Helicopter
Propeller, x2. This was her first lesson, but she asked again, around how many
years would it take? This got me thinking about just how much time went into
perfecting a move.
Math time! First time since school Maths has come in handy,
I’m excited. I will talk about the first Powermove on the list of Powermoves to
learn if you want to imitate a helicopter. The Windmill, I still havn’t
perfected this, but the point im at now, I can do between 7 and 13 in a row,
pretty good huh? Imagine I trained 3 times a week, and worked on windmills 2
hours out of those sessions, and I’m a Lazy bboy(That’s 6 hours a week). I’ve
been breaking for 3 years, so 6x52(weeks in a year) multiplied by 3 years is
936 hours. Yep, my face was in shock mode after I did the maths in my head,
that’s just one move. Ok that’s enough math, ima give you guys a concussion
with all these numbers.
The thing is, when you enjoy something, you just continue.
It felt a lot more like meeting friends, and just chilling while working on
some super difficult bone breaking techniques. My advice to you, find the fun
in whatever it is you’re doing, and you will stick to it. Take the outcome out
of your mind, and focus on what you love about it in the here and now.
Eventually you would have spent over 1000 hours of your life doing it without
realizing. I wonder how many hours of your life you’ve spent on Facebook, or
Playing computer games in the past year… Just a passing thought! Remember… A
screaming Gorilla, is natures soundtrack!
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